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§132. Notice of rejection; reexamination — Inbound Citations

35 U.S.C. § 132

Cited by 6 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to 35 U.S.C. § 132 as a whole

  • (e) The Director may waive the payment of any fee for any service or material related to patents in connection with an occasional or incidental request made by a department or agency of the Government, or any officer thereof. The Director may provide any applicant issued a notice under section 132 with a copy of the specifications and drawings for all patents referred to in that notice without charge.
  • (ii) the date of the first rejection under section 132 of any claim by the examiner during the examination of the application for patent.
  • (i) provide at least one of the notifications under section 132 or a notice of allowance under section 151 not later than 14 months after—
    (I) the date on which an application was filed under section 111(a); or
    (II) the date of commencement of the national stage under section 371 in an international application;
  • (ii) respond to a reply under section 132, or to an appeal taken under section 134, within 4 months after the date on which the reply was filed or the appeal was taken;
  • After the times for filing the statement and reply provided for by section 304 have expired, reexamination will be conducted according to the procedures established for initial examination under the provisions of sections 132 and 133. In any reexamination proceeding under this chapter, the patent owner will be permitted to propose any amendment to his patent and a new claim or claims thereto, in order to distinguish the invention as claimed from the prior art cited under the provisions of section 301, or in response to a decision adverse to the patentability of a claim of a patent. No proposed amended or new claim enlarging the scope of a claim of the patent will be permitted in a reexamination proceeding under this chapter. All reexamination proceedings under this section, including any appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, will be conducted with special dispatch within the Office.

Citations to §132(b)